The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-29
GAME OVER IN JERSEY.
phRTRIDGEs PLENTY but QUAIL
SCARCE
The Sort or Mas that shoots the Most Par
tridaes. ALTHOUGH Oue weuidn't Thiuk tt
Where tho Good Affecting IL to be Found.

In New Jersey anu tno snoOters ctn pop nWay
at their hearts content at those birds until
New Years Day. II IL many seasons since
partridges have been 30 abundant, especially
in the mountain districts OF the State. This 10
due to several causes: Tho breeding season
was good one. thore have been no partridge
flies around to kill the young birds, and fires
have not swept over tho forest lands, For some
weeks past the birds have been getting up tho
choicest kind OF flavor by feeding on wild
grapes. but now these are gone they have 70.
sorted to the mountains to feed on wintergreen
berries, mama berries. and acorns. When tho
farmer is not about they will also strut out
into tho buckwheat s.ubblos that gild the
mountain sides, and scratch for Che scattered
grain. When he comes along they will jump
up with noise like thunder. which will cause
his hair to stand on end until the following
Sunday. Outside OF live owl In coat-tail
pocket, there is no bird In America that scares
people 80 much and causes them to start as
suddenly as tho partridge. He is dlstinctlys
bird of many noises A four-pound skyrocket
don't get around any faster or make half as
much racket. and Newark beer wagon is not
q marker to the partridge in the rumbling line.
One old mountain hermit Of partridge will
thump moro noises out Of q log than corps
OF drummers, and work In the yentrio1uist act
at hs shena knom L sre moro 81
them lost cyery year in trying to follow this
n poI than there are b9ys growing up to 10
About this season tho broods are broken up
and each bird starts out on his own hook.
has made the partridges very Wild. Every Every
6uttering leaf or cracking twig seems to be q
signal to them to- get u up and get Then they
white OAKS IN the woods is not unusual al'f for
them to fly half milo and run quarter heat
Some SDOrtSmen who
over city dogs go out and don't see a bird all
day. There arc days: however, after heavy
@ Ssh saS Ssnsss fs 70 i
Of the approac6 q man. and usually test this his
Sssss XII 5s
legged. slab sided charcoal pit mountain.
bred one. Although apparently bowed
pointer He Simply sinks along the Old fi'v wood
roads like the shadow from a penny dip: His
i Sa Sa dees so
FITS trsfle down his chin CITY spGsrtsmsn
his boys after awhile VIII catch in snares
aboas the same M mountsin s the sportsmsn
but they never show up until they como to sell
their birds These men. az "a rule are e not good
TRss SnoW WITT range and hsbts ana when
hired as guides to show 1t they not unfreQuent-
fSis Year there are plenty Of birds in the
mountain, district n Sussex, county, that lies
between Vernon valley and Greenwood Lake.
woodlands there intersected with rhododen-
dron swamps in which the birds ha Tar as the
especially those adiacent to sunny hilisidess
eonsresate IN sonsidersHe n number still fsre
ehs 81 Bas he
at pTessn: large scattering q birds: In War.
q BIRDS. But many s are being SHARED and tRs
ford ford % - e 81 his and
tho cartridge erounds Which b e' the Sides
the steeG mo1ntains that t hem in the peauess
the sportsman an can cans" walk Tx his legs Oh Without
much fear of being ordered OF the IL, land. In
As these birds are constantly shifting their
opens to estimate the full crop. Not SO WITH
d bssn Rsfs'
on the cultivated farms all summer; When
the crops are being gathered In. the beviss Of
THOR homes are near the homes OF man. and
when hard winters come they draggle through
They are the farmers friends. for thoy destroy
the inseets which ipInre his CROPS and ne In
turn ieeds them, Somst1mes ne taxes down
II 6udd!s with one shot As rule. hoSever r
the quail Is much the best protected game bird
abundant we have below the snow line. But
with US It has to run the gauntlet Of many win
tor almost he entire
IN the Vest and IL South Gna Would ofen as
Game preserving in this country has always
met the opposition OF the run OF people; Sew.
In ago was arong o.
been the custom OF the hunters for, SO many
molestation that they had grown almost to
ns .seb e 5Eh so se a af Tie msg os
oa q Boys sfss
every iaii, About this time The cssnsry began
3 ef
muzzle-loaders into the hands Of the agricul-
sa Ct low
CITY shots who killed quail flying, began no
deGee Their ors was on the wspe
open mouths TO see them shoot. They leave
soo city on II TO
bsds h y DC not h WAS ghs sHnss ,
OF the great hay-seed- silver mo unted -slgn-
board war to the knife that will last between
All this led. stop by step, 70 the creation Of
Keepers were employed to protect the. game.
our farmers are not slow to catch on to a good
thing, and whom they saw that the crates OF
quail brought from the West could not be con.
trolled by an airline boundary. they went bs.
hind their barns and smiled from away back.
They haven't exactly owned up yet that game
preserving and restocking amounts to any
thing, or that the man who does 1t is indirectly
doing public good; but they are weakening
lest leetle" In their dignieed knee "jints." SO
1t happens to-day in New Jersey that In those
counties where game preserving and restocking
whore game preserving Is not in vogue birds are
decidedly. scarce The latter Is truo In Sussex
county; Mr.. Theodore Morford OF Newton. ono
OF the best posted sportsmen in the country,
says there are very few,guail left in tho county;
On tho other hand, Warren county Is well
stocked, and the birds are well distributed,
especially in large radius around tho two
large preserves. The same Is true of Burling.
ton county, owing to the ,eonstant restocking
for some years past Of Mr.. Pierre Loriardi
kaneoeas farm. at Jobstown., In many othei
sey, where the West Jersey Game Association